ACT III I had an interview today, too. 我今天也参加了一个面谈。 I had a great interview 我参加了一次很精采的面试。 with Admissions at Columbia University. 与Columbia大学的招生人员。 Really? 真的？ What did they say? 他们说什么？ Will you get into the school? 你会被录取吗？ Well, they didn’t say anything for sure. 嗯，他们没有任何准确的答覆。 But I figure that with my grades and with my personality, 但我想凭我的成绩和我的品行， I’ll have no problem. 我不会有问题。 Columbia’s a terrific school. Columbia是一所很难进的学校。 What are you going to do? 你打算怎么办？ Do? I don’t know. 怎么办？我不知道。 I also applied to NYU. 我还申请了纽约大学。 You sound excited about Columbia. 听起来你对Columbia大学挺有兴趣的。 What’s your problem, Mike? 你现在问题在哪，Mike? Indecision. Indecision. 下不了决心。拿不定主意。 It’s not easy, 实在不容易， and this is an important decision we have to make. 这又是我们必须做的一个重大决定。 What about you? 你呢？ How was your interview with Michigan? 你跟Michigan大学的人面谈得如何？ The interview was fine. 面谈得很好。 It’s a great college. 那是一所好大学。 It is. 是的。 My father would like me to go there. 我爸爸希望我去那儿。 He and my Grandpa both went there. 他和我爷爷都曾在哪儿读书。 Great medical school, too. 而且有很好的医学院。 I know. 我知道。 You can follow in your father’s footsteps. 你可以跟随你父亲脚步 。 Ah! I’d like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike. 噢，我想走自己的路，Mike。 What do you want to study? 你想学什么？ I’ve been thinking. 我一直在考虑。 I think I want to study journalism 我想学新闻学。 to be a reporter--a newspaperman. 将来当一名记者---一个新闻从业人员。 You do a pretty good job on the Riverdale High School paper. 你在Riverdale高中校刊做得有声有色。 And I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. 最近我一直就此事想了很多。 Have you discussed it with your parents? 你和父母商量过了？ No. But I have to. 没有。但有此必要。 OK. Let’s talk. 好，我们谈谈吧。 Hi, Son. Is everything all right? 嗨，孩子，一切都顺利吗？ Hi, Dad. Everything’s fine. 嗨，爸爸。一切都很好。 I was just waiting for you to get home 我正等你回来 so we could talk. 好跟你谈谈。 Anything special you want to talk about? 有什么特殊的事要谈吗? There is, Dad. 有，爸爸。